Using channels

Channels?

Channels are alternative package sources. See the channel section of the manual
for more information.

What you need to know now: By using channels, you can install
packages that are not part of PEAR. Prominent PHP projects like Horde
and PHPUnit distribute their software through PEAR-compatible
channels.

Channel discovery

Before you can use a channel, your pear installation needs to know
about it. This process is called "channel discovery".

In this case, download the channel.xml file
manually, for example with your browser or wget. A
channel.xml is always in the root directory of the
channel server. After that, discover the channel with the saved
file: